• Sky Go channel 101

    From Tweed@21:1/5 to All on Fri Feb 10 08:32:14 2023
    Does anyone here use the Sky Go app? I use it on my iPad as my TV guide,
    mainly to set recordings on my Sky Q box. Up to the start of Feb channel
    101 was East Midlands SD. Once 101 moved to being East Midlands HD 101
    vanished from the guide on the app. (It is there on the box’s own guide).
    The rest of the BBC channels are still there, eg 102 (BBC2) 115 (the
    national BBC1 HD).

    So to be clear, this is nothing to do with using Sky Go to watch programmes
    on my device, but simply to use it as a convenient programme guide. I’m now on my third round of emails with Sky. Unfortunately they don’t appear to employ staff with comprehension skills as they invariably answer with some boiler plate that has little to do with the question asked.

    I’m hoping this is just a temporary phase.

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  • From Mark Carver@21:1/5 to Tweed on Fri Feb 10 09:11:53 2023
    On 10/02/2023 08:32, Tweed wrote:
    Does anyone here use the Sky Go app? I use it on my iPad as my TV guide, mainly to set recordings on my Sky Q box. Up to the start of Feb channel
    101 was East Midlands SD. Once 101 moved to being East Midlands HD 101 vanished from the guide on the app. (It is there on the box’s own guide). The rest of the BBC channels are still there, eg 102 (BBC2) 115 (the national BBC1 HD).



    I've just looked on my Sky Go app. Same for me. BBC 1 South on 101 on
    the Q box, but nothing on 101 on Sky Go.

    However I have found BBC 1 South HD on 801. Try yours ?

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  • From Tweed@21:1/5 to Mark Carver on Fri Feb 10 09:23:31 2023
    Mark Carver <mark.carver@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    On 10/02/2023 08:32, Tweed wrote:
    Does anyone here use the Sky Go app? I use it on my iPad as my TV guide,
    mainly to set recordings on my Sky Q box. Up to the start of Feb channel
    101 was East Midlands SD. Once 101 moved to being East Midlands HD 101
    vanished from the guide on the app. (It is there on the box’s own guide). >> The rest of the BBC channels are still there, eg 102 (BBC2) 115 (the
    national BBC1 HD).



    I've just looked on my Sky Go app. Same for me. BBC 1 South on 101 on
    the Q box, but nothing on 101 on Sky Go.

    However I have found BBC 1 South HD on 801. Try yours ?


    Yes, I have the correct channel on 801. It’s an awful lot of scrolling down though…..

    At least it’s not just me. Maybe they might get around to sorting it. I don’t suppose you have any industry contacts in Sky?

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  • From Mark Carver@21:1/5 to Tweed on Fri Feb 10 09:26:10 2023
    On 10/02/2023 09:23, Tweed wrote:
    Mark Carver <mark.carver@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    On 10/02/2023 08:32, Tweed wrote:
    Does anyone here use the Sky Go app? I use it on my iPad as my TV guide, >>> mainly to set recordings on my Sky Q box. Up to the start of Feb channel >>> 101 was East Midlands SD. Once 101 moved to being East Midlands HD 101
    vanished from the guide on the app. (It is there on the box’s own guide). >>> The rest of the BBC channels are still there, eg 102 (BBC2) 115 (the
    national BBC1 HD).


    I've just looked on my Sky Go app. Same for me. BBC 1 South on 101 on
    the Q box, but nothing on 101 on Sky Go.

    However I have found BBC 1 South HD on 801. Try yours ?

    Yes, I have the correct channel on 801. It’s an awful lot of scrolling down though…..

    At least it’s not just me. Maybe they might get around to sorting it. I don’t suppose you have any industry contacts in Sky?

    Not in that part of the organisation,  but I'll see what I can
    discover......

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  • From Brian Gregory@21:1/5 to Mark Carver on Fri Feb 10 19:47:12 2023
    On 10/02/2023 09:26, Mark Carver wrote:
    On 10/02/2023 09:23, Tweed wrote:
    Mark Carver <mark.carver@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    On 10/02/2023 08:32, Tweed wrote:
    Does anyone here use the Sky Go app? I use it on my iPad as my TV
    guide,
    mainly to set recordings on my Sky Q box. Up to the start of Feb
    channel
    101 was East Midlands SD. Once 101 moved to being East Midlands HD 101 >>>> vanished from the guide on the app. (It is there on the box’s own
    guide).
    The rest of the BBC channels are still there,  eg 102 (BBC2) 115 (the >>>> national BBC1 HD).


    I've just looked on my Sky Go app. Same for me. BBC 1 South on 101 on
    the Q box, but nothing on 101 on Sky Go.

    However I have found BBC 1 South HD on 801. Try yours ?

    Yes, I have the correct channel on 801. It’s an awful lot of scrolling
    down
    though…..

    At least it’s not just me. Maybe they might get around to sorting it. I
    don’t suppose you have any industry contacts in Sky?

    Not in that part of the organisation,  but I'll see what I can discover......

    Hopefully they'll eventually swap 801 and 101 then.

    --
    Brian Gregory (in England).

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  • From Tweed@21:1/5 to Brian Gregory on Fri Feb 10 19:49:19 2023
    Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> wrote:
    On 10/02/2023 09:26, Mark Carver wrote:
    On 10/02/2023 09:23, Tweed wrote:
    Mark Carver <mark.carver@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    On 10/02/2023 08:32, Tweed wrote:
    Does anyone here use the Sky Go app? I use it on my iPad as my TV
    guide,
    mainly to set recordings on my Sky Q box. Up to the start of Feb
    channel
    101 was East Midlands SD. Once 101 moved to being East Midlands HD 101 >>>>> vanished from the guide on the app. (It is there on the box’s own
    guide).
    The rest of the BBC channels are still there,  eg 102 (BBC2) 115 (the >>>>> national BBC1 HD).


    I've just looked on my Sky Go app. Same for me. BBC 1 South on 101 on
    the Q box, but nothing on 101 on Sky Go.

    However I have found BBC 1 South HD on 801. Try yours ?

    Yes, I have the correct channel on 801. It’s an awful lot of scrolling >>> down
    though…..

    At least it’s not just me. Maybe they might get around to sorting it. I >>> don’t suppose you have any industry contacts in Sky?

    Not in that part of the organisation,  but I'll see what I can
    discover......

    Hopefully they'll eventually swap 801 and 101 then.


    Incidentally, what is the purpose of these additional entries in the 800s
    on the Sky guide?

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  • From Brian Gregory@21:1/5 to Tweed on Fri Feb 10 20:25:59 2023
    On 10/02/2023 19:49, Tweed wrote:
    Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> wrote:
    On 10/02/2023 09:26, Mark Carver wrote:
    On 10/02/2023 09:23, Tweed wrote:
    Mark Carver <mark.carver@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    On 10/02/2023 08:32, Tweed wrote:
    Does anyone here use the Sky Go app? I use it on my iPad as my TV
    guide,
    mainly to set recordings on my Sky Q box. Up to the start of Feb
    channel
    101 was East Midlands SD. Once 101 moved to being East Midlands HD 101 >>>>>> vanished from the guide on the app. (It is there on the box’s own >>>>>> guide).
    The rest of the BBC channels are still there,  eg 102 (BBC2) 115 (the >>>>>> national BBC1 HD).


    I've just looked on my Sky Go app. Same for me. BBC 1 South on 101 on >>>>> the Q box, but nothing on 101 on Sky Go.

    However I have found BBC 1 South HD on 801. Try yours ?

    Yes, I have the correct channel on 801. It’s an awful lot of scrolling >>>> down
    though…..

    At least it’s not just me. Maybe they might get around to sorting it. I >>>> don’t suppose you have any industry contacts in Sky?

    Not in that part of the organisation,  but I'll see what I can
    discover......

    Hopefully they'll eventually swap 801 and 101 then.


    Incidentally, what is the purpose of these additional entries in the 800s
    on the Sky guide?


    When something is available in both HD and SD, the 8xx ones are supposed
    to the resolution that you normally don't use and don't really need to use.

    So nowadays they're usually SD versions of HD channels, but I think
    originally they were normally the HD versions. I think perhaps it
    depends how your Sky box is configured or the age of your Sky box.

    For some channels, such as "BBC One", and for some reason I think
    "Channel 4", it was decided that both versions needed to be lower
    numbers, so your other "BBC One" was, at least in England, on 115
    instead of on 801.

    In the case of "BBC One" it was presumably because it wasn't
    unreasonable to want to watch in HD and also it wasn't unreasonable to
    want to see your local news, so both needed to be on easily accessible
    low numbers on the EPG.

    --
    Brian Gregory (in England).

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